Ignatius is a late Roman surname derived, some think is derived from Egnatius an Etruscan word. Ignati is an archaic Bulgarian form of Ignatius. How ecclesiastical Latin makes use of such "imported" names grammatically is beyond my ken. =Peter=

Hi Livio.......
for a novice who will never have the chance to consult microfilm,
town of origin has yet to be filmed....... can you elaborate on the abbreviation....
The Q stands for? And it's meaning?

wldspirit wrote:Hi Livio.......for a novice who will never have the chance to consult microfilm,town of origin has yet to be filmed....... can you elaborate on the abbreviation....The Q stands for? And it's meaning?

dragoni wrote:the latin documents identify the father using an abbreviation and then the father's name in the correct case. i presume that if ignatius were the father of domenico it would be written:

domenicus qm. ignatii

That's right.
You can also find: Dominicus Ignatii, that means Domenico son of the living Ignazio.
If you find, instead, Dominicus Ignatius is a double first name: Domenico Ignazio (and the father's name will be in the next words).